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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1910)
THK YlEK: OMAHA. TIU'KsDAY. (HToMKW -( 1010. 11 1 , ,1 New Bolster Wrap VJElLBiVMA LITTLE WHILE PT ED:6RNHAM I K d IS r "I I ! i ' it.' If j - ':,'- V . . ' ' ' y C' I , r:.v. ?.',-- l ,ic,i.rM...', if, V. v ; '.,;.ij;v' m ;- l : "'..,; ; 1 .' ;. i i photo" wv kxw. rMBx'. ti.J ..). j ii ,,., ! ih. . ilii" women look like tall riowors on away frature of ttp long uojaiar rnp which In now favored fur evening wear.,. Of course, 1 1ll H KtrMlglit. .narrow cloak In I HVJRRY TO , OLp UT, . CAttH TV BOTjy 6H a DWinH. I YPUKf ) V I'M GCNN6 TO I V OH ' wrr A I ne starts XY A Amcrf SM? cttc6 r in fivf 41- t Got y -2: weJ Things You Want to Know Base Ball. -J a. cSWP J5 LY sf DOLLIE JummocGirk . BY M P Tills bolster wrap IB made of Dutch blu vluth with a whlla rabbit fur collar and cuffs of the .nnie. The confining band at worn over tha nxtremelv narrow frocks I the foot of the wrap lopfS upward in now In voue. and lh tiie long. Blunder ITOIU- w,u r' 0"c or lae m1 croa.r. ; . over tiie other. : Tired Business Man v. Tolls Friend Wife About tlie'"liiire of lrmving and Ilnlf-ToiK-H. "AVn't "ihat ntere5tlim about that Ka- (' klmo at Seattle who old hla fura and apent tha $1.M) (or thlBjs he lad awn lu the ad verllalna; paajea of Wis, magastnes?" ex claimed FUetid Wife. ' " "Alaskan, you beat It!" siKhed the Tired Business Mia. "If be boviiiht eome- of the certain, thuiga which take up much ad sec tion aiuce, il I can say lai that he'll need double .thickness fur stockings this winter. And think of trying to toed the children wa phononraph record, thinking they are vltrLfivd panoakes! (Still,- who knows, may be that sort of food will be a dietury riot with those primitive children of the north, who dine sumptuously on train oil and candles and consider themselves wicked, fcvery Eso,ulmtion has a meaning of Its wn- .'?...- "Ther s. no ielstlng the lure of the ad vertising pictures. In that respect they are worse than moving pictures. The only drawbacks as the artist said while sketch ing' reverse yfew 6f a' nobby fall suiting tba only diawbsK Is that tve forgot the background Thosu advertising artlels hae such luxurious imaginations wtien It comes to tsrVgi ounilii - y., drawback-grounds. 1 m willing. to bet, although it's against p"nhe laW'that this weullhy Eskimo, height four feet ten( shaped something like a keg. waa so htKiUod by the ad. section .that ha saw ,l.l5r.e.lf in one of those snappy, ish-rati bey suits of classy clothes; his vertical niauremunta increased to nine feet, tbe alse wf all true ad. fiures, with the shoulders tit a chariot driver and a face beaulifnl , and as vacant as a two family house in a suburb uear a rendering works. Aim now himself, thus dolled up, strolling past a niMnxloii, the kind thai al , goes wUb the suit. ("Hrcathea thore a man witn sole o lad ho doeen'l ' want to encase It In one of those phony 'nljk socks so chMrmtngly de picted in a lalt tone reproduction of n photograph, -ahowltm foot with sock daintily ihruai forward so as to stretch the fabric anfi make It shine. Of course, the average man couldn't take two steps and keep h i sorks geed up tight and shlnv like the ad pictures and the society novel illustrations i.-pict. Hut the husky frotq Alaska and all of us who like to flip over the advertising pages Imagine we could look Just like the man in the picture or better. ' Now an Boqulmou wears fur tnucWIuck for socks ani Uvea In a house without private bath' rooms, for the reason that It aly has one-oom an) way. but this doenn't prevent him from enthusing about the socks and the 'balf-tonea of those A polios posed before - their shaving mirrors In fancy ntHJ hslh rooms, demonstrating sfety tnwor. creatiiy soap, knee length r bs tli tubs, shower naJh racks and com Msgb' JVlwdrr, ' "I appreciate the thought of mat Fiky. tvary cuaa who likes to imagine himself 6 iilsivu r I ssAMia Wednesday I am beginning to get rather discouraged about the fashions this year. I can't decide what style suits me the best, and It Is very expensive trying to find out. Every woman I l-.now tells me to get what Is becoming to her, or what la usually not becoming to her. Charlotte Cooper wears entirely different things from Mollis Tur ner, but both advise mo to dress as they do. I met Mary Whiting In town the other day, and I did hope that I didn't look as she did. Her hat win hideous. I caught sight of our reflections In a shop window as we talked, on the corner of the street, but was surprised to find I couldn't tell which was Mary and which was myself It mutt have been the light, though. I went To the Tillage the other day and got a fashion book. Instead of getting the one that cost K cents I blew myself and paid 35 cents for one. It has a whole page about the way tha hair Is going to be dressed this winter. It gives a description of a lovely coiffure am) says, "It Is per missible for the puffs to be all placed "HERO." the hero of an advertising page half-tone can sympathize with the native from Alaska. Maybe the Ksoulmou ran eat the shaving soap and the perfumed talo powder, put the glorified ready made suit on the family totem pole, which would be tall enough, use the silk aocka to keep his money In. use the poultry farming book to prop the door open in December, and use the safety rasor to shave Ice for drinks. I don't mention automobiles and houses that you mix In a barrel and pour Into a mold, because It ay he only spent 11.000. I wonder Is he bought a piano player!" How absurd." cried Friend Wife. "Even If he had a piano he couldn't appreciate the exuulite. tones." "He appreciated the half-tones." re torted the Tired Business Man. (Copyrighted. P'10. by N. T. Herald 'o) p L eormtn, tm it tm atw vmk and go with her that afternoon It I wanted to buy a hat. We had lunch together and went shopping afterward. I got terribly confused, but absolutely refused to get one JtS .J I I Wis) TfaJBaASj WtW TOM BgUOJ CMj. as MMnrsk Prfa "SAID IT LOOK8D BO CONSPICTXtUS." quite high on the head, with some orna ment. If possible a tiara, to break the line with the pompadour." I believe I'll go back and get the -cent magaxine. It also says to bear in mind, when deciding upon any mode of hairdreaslng, what tha ancient Greeks admired. As though I'd caxe what an ancient Greek liked. I'd much rather know what young Americana preferred or even a young Greek. Very poor fashion book. When I met Mary, sha said I must spend the night with her In their new apartment. "I CAN'T DBt'IDR WHAT STYLE SUITS ME BEST." of those little felt hats like hers, that has no trimming and comes right down over the ears. I Inclined toward, a great big lavender toque, but she almost screamed at the mere thought, and said It looked so conspicuous. Mary never cares what sha saya In a shop, and always makes the most foarful fun of me. I was rather annoyed one day, when I waa looking over some shoes, and she told rue at the top of her lungs that I ought to go to a wholesale leather estab lishment for my footwear. I simply had to try on some slippers that I didn't want In order to convince the very good looking clerk that It wasn't necessary to follow her advice. We went Into a Sixth avenue shop the day I met her, where she wanted some chiffon, but couldn't make anybody tell her where that counter was. She finally askod a girl who was lan guidly chewing gum where the chee-fon oounter was, with a great deal of facial contortion and emphasis. After we had started on our way, I heard the girl say to another one, "Fresh, ain't she!" I left Mary soon after that, as (he had to go to a hairdresser's, and late In the afternoon was waiting for a 'bus wlun "Billy" Thatcher came along. He did look sweet, and we bulked uptown together. He asked me where I was going, and I discovered that I had forgotten the num ber Mary had given me. I knew It was Park avenue, and what street it was near, and thought I could find it without any trouble. But after we had walked around for an hour or two and had Inquired In ever so many apartment houses for the Whiting it began to look rather hopeleBS. I was bo tired my feet ached and I was carrying a hat that I was afraid to show Mary, and I wouldn't let "Billy" take it because I was sure he didn't want to, and It got darker and darker and 1 felt very much oepressca. We went back to one house twice in mistake, and the third time we got the janitor up from the depths he looked at us very suspiciously and was rather rude. Then I Insisted on asking a policeman. who was very polite, but said lie hadn't the faintest idea where Mrs. .Whiting lived. "Billy" was simply lovely about It. and Insisted that he enjoyed It all immensely, Ho asked me If I didn't know the telephone number. Mary had given It to me, and r thought I really did remember that, but after we had found a drug store and called It up, It was not the right one. Then "Billy" asked me what their old number was. He was very gentle and kind about asking me, Just as you would be to an idiot or somebody who wasn't quite all right. I rather felt this, so I gave it to him briskly and very Intelligently. He had no sooner got In the booth and called It up than I knew I had made a mistake and said four five, where It ought to have been five four. He was awfully nice about It, though, and didn't even look surprised. At last we got It and they gave lis the new address. " Talk of forming a new major league In hse hall in opposition (o the present Na tional and Americfiii Ic.igtics ha caused the tans to tall to mind the railler hlstoty ami tiie peeuliai ittcs of some of ttie lead ing mill now In the game. The projected (new le.iRiie is gineiiilly dcti.lt. I bv the I lew supers, but othets point out that the ,-anie fate met the American league wlun it as first agitated l'uifessional base hall owners ami ninu- ugers coini' from nil walks of life and bundle. Ik of stories aic told of their pei uliaiiiics. It Is a recognized maxim that a successful bae t-all man must have nunc or less sporting Instincts. Kor this lesson the entrance of professional theatrical men Into the organlied sport is resisted vigor ously. It Is feared thev might put the game on even more of a commercial basis tlis 11 it Is now. t The most prominent of the owners In the game Is l'lia:1es 1'. Tafl, lit other of Prrsl uent '1'aft. multimillionaire and owner of a Cincinnati newspapvr. He got Into base ball hy buying t lie Chicago National league club on the advice of Charles W. M.irpliy. now president of that iluh and said to tic owner of a majority of Its stock. Hase ball runs in the Taft family, the president halng been a good player at Yale and an attendant at major league games when ever he got the chance. Garry I lei rmaiin, rhnlrman of the Na tional Base Ball commission, is known ss a base ball mnn because of the constant mention of his name In connection with the commission and his ownership of the Cincinnati National League club, but he Is a man of large affairs In other directions. As president of the American Bowling con gress and grand exalted ruler of the Klks he has attained national prominence. In addition, Mr. Herrmann Is a prominent figure in Cincinnati's commercial, financial and political life. Charles C'omlskey, owner of the Chicago Americans, Is the Ideal base ball owner. He Is one of the greatest strategists and players trie game ever produced and was a wonder as a first baseman for the old St. Louis Browns. He is said to have been one uf the earliest to discover that first basemen could play away from the base as they Invariably do now. Mr. Comlskey pays strict attention to business and Is always In touch with his team, whether at home or on the road. He Is popular with his men. but any man playing for him would rather tackle a saw -mill than bo called Into the office for a lecture liy "The Old Koman." He does not swear at or upbraid offenders, but says things based on his perfect knowledge of the game and the men's weaknesses that are more effec tive than any torrent of abuse could pos sibly be. Barney Dieyfuss, owner of the Pittsburg I'lrutes, was a business man In bad health in J'aducah and Louisville, Ky., before he took an active Interest In base ball. He soon became an ardent enthusiast and there Is no more rabid fan In the country today, tie has a wonderfully retentive memory and It Is said that he has the bat ting and fielding -averages of every player of promise In an)' league at his fingers' end. He keeps a large collection of such statistics around him. On the sllglite-t provocation he refers to them, digging therefrom information about whether the player is right or left handed, fast or slow on his feet, or a quick or dull thinker. Probably the greatest character In the game is Joe Cantillon, manager and, with his brother, Mike, owner of the Minneap olis club, which won the American asso ciation championship this year. He was formerly a minor league player, then a major league umpire, and innumerable anecdotes are told of him. One that will never die is that which relates to his trad ing a ball player he did not want and did not like for a bulldog he earnestly de sired. Last spring he Is said to have traded another player to Charley Carr, the Indianapolis manager, for a complete set of uniforms for the Minneapolis team Carr being in the spoiling goods business. Another famous one about Cantillon or iginated when he was managing the Wash ington American league team. The um pire had given several decisions that vastly displeased the irascible Joe, and he turned to President Ban Johnson of the American league, who was In a box, and exclaimed: "Say, Mr. President, warm up another urn- ill L w y a pli e!" Clark Griffith, now manager of the Cin cinnati team, and in his dav one of the ciafticst of pitchers, has spent much of his managerial life iiinirrelllrig nltli um pire., once when manager of the Nen York A met leans lie was taunting t-st i U c l.oughliu. the American h ague ai bi ll. i lor. nlm was in the midst of s bad slump, while tbe New York team was go ing miserably In the peimnut isce. I won't have to sit on this lunch mum longer and watch jmi try to umpire, f...' !uu are a goner In this league. ' exclaimed Griffith in nn outburst of wrath. "ou won't be on that bench much longer watch lug anybody If you don't get tlist team up nearer the top." retorted O'LoiiRhlln. slid they were prophetic words, for Gtifl'li i resigned shortly after that Just us rimllativ us the leaves nil .1 each fall. Jake WeUs, president of the Virginia league, anhoanccs he is done wil l base ball. He Is one of the- owneis of k long string of tlieuters in the south and feels he has all the business he can huudi". Just as regularly ns tire robins nest again and the anti-wutlsiu-s Imve it all fixed up to cheer for a successor to the perennial Jake, he gets the hnwe bail fever, an nounces bis candldact , puts a hypnotic spell on the meeting which has been es pecially called to ninUc bis resignation stick, antl becomes heud of the league again. He recently made his usual v Intel announcement but Ids ivsKnatlnn stuck this time ami his successor has been elected. Tint .MurnaiK! and .IsUe Moise, rto Hus ton newspaper men, are president and aoc- etaty. respectively, of the New Kugluad league. Mm mine is the father of the base nail writers and was tor rneily a siar pluvei. He has been president of the league for years and seems destined to hold the Job as long as he lives. Joe Jackson, long president ol tire South Michigan league. Is as adept as Juke Wells ul hypnotizing honile meetings of club owners, lAit has not had the retiring fever until tills nlnlii, when he stepped out end lurried over Hie hat In which lie carried the league office to one of the many asplrauls. , Connie Miller, former manager of tin .Meridian team lu the Connecticut league, tells a story i.f the most dhiagreoablo iea uire of a manager's or owners duties releasing men. He called a man Into his office one day to tell him he could go. Miller did not know it. but the man had been in bad health, was playing base bail on that account and had a wife and .no children. When he was told that he was released he fainted dead awuy and soared Hie manager almost into a fit. Miller re vived the Incompetent one, heard his sad ' talo and did not have nerve enough to the him until the season was over. No imore enturirbdnir minor league magnate could be found than "Pa1 Houike of Omaha, in tha Western league. He has a good thing In his franchise and annually clears a handsome profit at the gate, but his specialty Is developing young ball players to sell. He runs- a regular hot house for talent and his recommendation goes a long way. , Hour ke said two ya,a ago that he thought It a bad year when he did not sell JS.oiio worth of ball players to the major or Class A leagues. In addi tion, "Pa" runs a big sporting goods store In Omaha and has other ventures that turn a pretty penny. John Mi-Closkey, manager of the Mil waukee team this year, la known as the "ball players friend." He gained the soubriquet by his habit, when a National league manager, of signing young players to major league contracts to give them a record of having once been In fast com pany. This record gave many a sn uggling joungster a boost thut helped him for years afterward. But . MoClosky had another rcpntatlon. It was that of being iible and willing to whip anybody on his team. When a man became unduly re bellious and thought ha wan the whole thing Closky would sorrowfully but vigor ously pound discipline Into him until the refractory athlete cried quits and knowl edged that McCloskcy' was boss. Kd Bar row, the former Indianapolis manager, was of the McCloskey Ilk, and never hesitated to attempt primitive and personal cor rection of players who forgot that he was the kingpin of the outfit. it rmzDzmic j. habkiit. Tomorrow KAII.WAT SUHQEOHB. Daughters of Famous Men Marie V. Fitzgerald, who Is known In the newspaper and dramatic worlds. Inherits her love of letters from her father and grandfather, the latter being the noted ! Prof. John Fitzgerald of Dublin college. occupying the chair of P.ngllsh literature and history for many years, He was a noted student, and his researches won for him fame. Miss Fitzgerald's futher, John Fitzgerald, Jr., was born in Dublin' and w rote a num ber of short stories which were favorably received. When he came to this country ha held a position in the custom house, as well as devoting a certain amount of time without a Btory of one of the Williams of a Brooklyn dully. The stage long ex erted a fascination over Miss Fitzgerald and so, In addition, she determined to con quer the field of feminine press agency. She started In this profession as represen tative of the Ppooner Stock company, and within three months' time this organiza tion was more read and talked about than any other of Us kind In the country. Such ability as Miss Fitzgerald possessed was not meant to have Its outlet off Broadway and so this young woman was engaged as publicity promoter for Percy G. Williams' five theaters. (Scarcely a day passed b- ' A1Y HAT WAS IIIDKOL'S." It seemed too wonderful to go straight to the house, and It was light next to the one with the disagreeable Janitor, and I can't see how he overlooked It. Items of Interest for the Vomcn Folk Tou can remove grease spots from wall paper with blotting paper and a hot fiat Iron. Put tbe blotting paper over the stain and press It with the hot Iron. By this process the ataln will be transferred to the blotting paper. Other atains may be re moved from wall paper by rubbing them with a pleo of bread a day old or with a piece of flannel dipped In dry oatmeal. A famous doctor ones said: "Encourage your child to be merry and to laugh aloud; a good, hearty laugh expands the cheat and make tha blood bound merrily along. Commend me to a good laugh not to a lit tle, sniggling laugh, but to one that will sound right through the house; It will not only do your child good, but will be a bene fit to all who hear, and be an important msaaa of driving lbs bluaa away troni a dwelling. Merriment la very catching and spreads In a remarkable manner, few being able to resist the contagion. A hearty laugh Is delightful harmony; Indeed, It la tha beat of all music." Many housekeepers who are careful to cover their mattresses with slips which can ba taken off and washed f mm time to time are not aware that the same course Is equally good with pillows. Old sheets or pillow cases can be used to make these secondary slips, changing (either washing or renewing) when neces sary. Not only does this preserve, the tick ing, but the pillow cas look whiter, thanks to the whir linen underneath. An Improvement in a vanity bag Is ot aufi gray obamols fashioned w.th'pockn and mirror. The large pocket contains a perforated case of the chamois filled with powdxr and two smaller ones conceal a box of rouge and a small puff, respectively. Tha little case folds, and Is such a handy shape and so flexible that can be easily concealed. The price is only fl. Almost every woman knows that stock ings should always be washed before wearing, but ncA all kuuw why. It Is be cause this process lessens the danger of dropped stitches The slight shrinking fills the meshes. , And sKuk!rig of stockings brings to my mind an assertion made by a dealer In fine sho-s. He said. If people would pollh tan shoes before wee ring them they would never spot, and also give belter service with less cure than If worn Just as they coma front the shop. r s- -1iMM-..ianan ji igr ' StAJUi: V- nt'rl;KJL,il to his writings. But his career was cut short by death when Miss Fltxgerald was but 20 months old. Miss Fitzgerald was born In Brooklyn. After her father's death the family came to New York, where' they have resided In the old Chelaea section ever since. Quot ing Johnson Briscoe, historian for the Ac tors' BlthdSY Book: "Miss Fitzgerald gslned her schooling at a Canadian convent and at Normal college. She has been engaged In literary pursuits for the last half dozen years. After having oovered fashion notes for a New York paper. Miss Fitzgerald became axl editor houses. Miss Fitzgerald spent six months In London and on the continent, and re turned to this country with two plsys. 'Woman and Why' and 'The Question. Is' " In February of last year Miss Fitzgerald'? comedy, "Woman and Why," was pre sented by the Psyton Stock companv U Brooklyn, where It scored a success. Plans are now under way to send It on the lo.ol. Miss Fitzgerald continues as art edtto but plu writing Is her ambition. She has written two other dramas which ate at present under consideration by prominent managers. They are entitled. "So Like a Woman," and "Tha QuestiuQ la"